N.M. Prison Call Rules Update Possible This Year
The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission aims to amend inmate calling service rules by year-end, Associate General Counsel Russell Fisk told us Thursday. No one spoke for or against the changes at a Thursday virtual hearing due to a commission…
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rule preventing oral comments from parties that filed written feedback. The New Mexico PRC received positive feedback earlier this month in docket 20-00170-UT on a proposal to reduce an existing cap of 15 cents per minute on intrastate rates to 12 cents for state prisons and 14 cents for large local jails (see 2210030053). The record is set to close Tuesday. However, New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association attorney Carol Clifford of The Jones Firm said she planned to file a motion to extend the date so her client could file documents about a pending New Mexico Second Judicial District Court case on attorney-client calls from jails. The PRC would consider the possible motion and any responses, then decide whether to keep the record open longer, Fisk said.